Meanings
adjectivedead calm (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a body of water, completely still with no waves and no wind.
We were drifting on a dead calm sea for a third week in a row.
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Ancient Greek γαλήνη
- γαλήνη (galḗnē)condition of a flat sea without waves
Bulgarian затишие
- затишие (zatišie)condition of a flat sea without waves
Finnish peilityyni, rasvatyyni
- peilityynicompletely still
- rasvatyynicompletely still
- peilityyneyscondition of a flat sea without waves
- rasvatyyneyscondition of a flat sea without waves
- pläkäcondition of a flat sea without waves
German Flaute
- Flautecondition of a flat sea without waves
Icelandic dauðalogn
- dauðalogncondition of a flat sea without waves
Italian calma piatta, calmeria
- calma piattacompletely still
- calmeriacompletely still
- bonacciacompletely still
- bonacciacondition of a flat sea without waves
Latin malacia, malacia
- malaciacompletely still
- malaciacondition of a flat sea without waves
Māori aio piropiro, mōwai rokiroki
- aio piropirocondition of a flat sea without waves
- mōwai rokirokicondition of a flat sea without waves
Russian штиль, безве́трие
- штиль (štilʹ)condition of a flat sea without waves
- безве́трие (bezvétrije)condition of a flat sea without waves
- зати́шье (zatíšʹje)condition of a flat sea without waves
Scottish Gaelic fèath nan eun
- fèath nan euncondition of a flat sea without waves
Spanish calma chicha
- calma chichacondition of a flat sea without waves
Cite this entry
APA
dead calm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead%20calm
MLA
“dead calm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead%20calm. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dead calm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead%20calm.
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